Honest feedback based on deep experience. Maybe a licensing deal.

"We make money with you, not from you."

Products created and commercialized by Invention City and its partners have generated over $500,000,000 in retail sales and tens of millions in royalty income. We are actively looking to license new inventions in all categories and all stages of development. When we say "yes" we offer to do it all and pay for everything so that you risk nothing more - we take responsibility for patents, prototypes, engineering, design and marketing, to turn your new invention idea into a manufactured product with a real opportunity for market success. The first step to working with us is our Brutally Honest Review. Click to see the video and read our fine print in bold.

Starting as garage inventors we've had over 25 years of experience creating, developing, licensing and selling inventions to Fortune 100 corporations and start-up companies. This gives us deep first hand knowledge of prior art research, market evaluation, building prototypes, engineering for manufacturing, industrial design, writing and filing US and international patents and trademarks, defending patents and trademarks in the US and internationally, negotiating licensing agreements, managing licensing relationships, sourcing and managing manufacturing and fulfillment, marketing via traditional distribution to mass merchants, chains, individual retailers, direct marketing via DRTV, internet and crowd funding, forming strategic partnerships and launching and selling start-up companies. We don't know of anyone in our industry who's had our breadth and depth of experience. We've enjoyed a lot of success and have learned from failures too. Learn more about us here.

Over the years we've heard from inventors who've wasted thousands,
tens of thousands and even hundreds of thousands of dollars pursuing
their dreams and failing. Invention City's mission is to help
inventors keep money in their pockets, increase their chances of success
and commercialize great new product ideas through licensing and
partnership deals. The Invention City team is
comprised of successful inventors and entrepreneurs who've made their
money by bringing new patented products to market.
We want to
make money with you, not from you.
Read
about us here
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Choosing Invention
City

The difference between Invention City and other
invention companies is the success, depth and unique experiences of
the Invention City team along with a business model that's structured
to profit with inventors rather than from them. Invention City grew out
of WorkTools, Inc., (read about WorkTools
here.) We come at this
business having been bona fide garage inventors and that's where our
hearts remain. These links explain:

We believe that inventors should do as much as they can
on their own and then, when informed and ready, seek help and advice
from providers who genuinely care. Our
Brutally
Honest Review
is a great way to get professional feedback and a real
chance for success. A visit to the
info
booth
is a good way to get started. Be careful about disclosing
proprietary and confidential information to anyone. We hope that
your visit is productive. Please visit us often and let us know how
we can make things better.

Invention City provides inventors and new product idea
developers with information, resources and help for each stage of the
inventing process. Use the links above to learn how to:

Invention City Developed VertiGrille™ and Will Now Be Making and Selling It Too.
Invention City is in the process of launching a fantastic new product called VertiGrille™. It came about when Dan Fulford's sons showed him a bent up fireplace grate from Wal-Mart used to cook hot dogs by a campfire. Dan saw potential in the idea, spoke to our lead inventor Joel Marks and voila, a new product concept was born.
The premise behind VertiGrille™ is simple and obvious. Putting food on vertical skewers enables a grill, oven, bbq or smoker to cook ...

Is it time to abandon Kickstarter and Indiegogo?
For nearly a decade, the irresistible promise of funds in advance has driven entrepreneurs and artists to Kickstarter and Indiegogo. I've done three Kickstarters and found the process to be a fantastic way to focus: it's like launching a business with everything running at such speed that what typically takes place over two to three years is compressed into two to three months. Now, as Invention City is planning to launch 6 new products itself, I'm questioning whether or not Kickstarter/Indiegogo is the right way to go.
Consider that ...

Four Noteworthy New Products at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show.
We’ve waded through the writings and musings of tech editors from around the world to narrow down to this list of four interesting products that were presented at this year's CES in Las Vegas.
Rethinking TransportationToyota has come up with a new concept for an electric transportation module. It’s a self-driving rectangular box on wheels that can be configured to serve as a truck, mini bus, shop, movable office, hotel room, anything you can think of. The exterior sides of the e-Palette are pixelized and can display branding, news, adv ...

Two years ago Invention City had the pleasure and opportunity of working with inventor Reza Khadem on his unique folding puzzle toy called the REZQUARE™. We had high hopes for it and thought it would be a fantastic promotional item for many different types of businesses. Unfortunately, after honest effort, we couldn't get big companies interested and handed the project back to Reza. Going forward on his own he had the REZQUARE™ manufactured and is now selling it on Amazon. We hope he has huge success! The puzzle is a lot of fun and is great for traveling ...

December 30, 2017 - Christmas has come and gone and my inner Scrooge has been let out of the closet to consider Time Magazine's list of the Best 25 Inventions of 2017. With an eye as hard and cold as the weather forecast for tomorrow night's New Year's Eve in New England, I look at that list and see bupkis. Nothing. Well, that's not totally true; the e-sight glasses for the legally blind look genuinely amazing and the Vicis Zero1 helmet may save the game of football. But a do-nothing robot, low cost Tesla and Stevia-sweetened ice cream, to name three of the more ...